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Introducing Advice Interactive
Content & Social Engagement For Local
Business
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01 About Me
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Who I Am
I Work Side By Side With My Husband
I am Originally From Pittsburgh (Go Steelers)
I Love to Listen to Audio Books
Mad Men is My Favorite TV Show
Bernadette Coleman, CEO Advice Interactive
I Am Active on Face Book, Twitter & LinkedIn
Inc 500 2012 & 2013 Yrs & Maybe 2014
Passionate About Local Search – www.localsitesubmit.com
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The Local Landscape
Most small business owners are aware that the
local SEO landscape is changing rapidly,
although most aren't aware how much it is
changing.
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The Challenge
It doesn’t have to be
challenging if you know
how to employ some
creative ways to market
your small or local
business online and hit
your targets.
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The Local SearcherYour customers have the world at
their fingertips, are fluent in
search and know how to access
information in a timely fashion (in
fact, they demand it).
Put simply, they expect relevant
search results — now.
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To effectively reach your consumers, the key is to
develop and optimize a complete search presence
so that you can be found where consumers live,
work and shop: within their local markets.
Local markets bridge the gap,
from search to sales.
In fact, a majority of
consumers prefer to shop
within 15 miles of their homes
or places of employment.
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A local strategy is something that marketers can no
longer afford to overlook.
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Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 1: Online search is the
preferred method for
information about local
businesses.
• The majority of local-
business searches are
conducted online, with 70
percent of consumers
citing online sites as their
primary sources.
# Make sure you have a
findable website.
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Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 2: Search engines are
most popular, but they’re not
growing as fast as other media.
• While search engines
comprise more than 60
percent of the online-search
market share, non-search
engines’ (e.g., social
networks, mobile media,
online directories, etc.) are
outperforming search
engines’ growth.
• #Be on Social Media.
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Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 3: Local searchers possess
more potential in terms of post-
search activities.
• Following their online
searches, local searchers are
more likely than general
searchers to contact
businesses or to purchase
from them.
#Optimize For Local
GeoKeywords
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Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 4: To develop a complete
search presence, local businesses
must consider every avenue.
There are many paths to achieve a
local-search presence.
• Local sites (e.g., Citysearch,
MapQuest, etc.) now claim
two-thirds of local searches.
• Thanks to Google Maps and
Bing Maps’ continued
expansion, local site searches
continue to increase.
#Build your local citations!
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Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 6: A diverse media mix must
now include social and mobile
marketing.
• More age groups are adopting
social and mobile media
particularly due to smart-
phones
• Popularity of ratings, reviews
and mobile browsers
• Users are demonstrating a
higher propensity to contact
businesses and/or purchase
from them after conducting
online searches.
#Be Mobile
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Mobile = Immediate NeedsMobile users are already
outside their homes,
looking for nearby businesses to
fulfill their immediate needs.
In other words, mobile users are
serious about purchasing.
#Be Mobile / Have a Mobile
Website
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Ratings and ReviewsThe marketing shift has
ushered in a growing
importance on ratings,
reviews and social networks,
where peers are freely
exchanging their opinions
and are influencing purchase
decisions.
#Have a review plan in place
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Key Takeaways
• Develop your search presence across various
online platforms, from general search to social
media.
• Failure to do so could result in missing a major
segment of your target consumers.
• Consumers are searching with added frequency,
if they can’t find you when (and where) it
matters most could spell additional sales for your
competition.
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I’ll Say it Again: ENGAGEMENTToday’s consumers are scattered
across various sources, from
traditional to interactive media.
• The ability to choose the
messaging they want to receive
means consumers have more
control of content than ever
before.
• All this has led to a fundamental
shift in marketing: Consumers do
not want to be advertised to; they
want to be advised.
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Answer Your AudienceSocial media offers companies a
unique opportunity to actively
participate in the conversations
surrounding their brands.
Research shows that active
participation is key:
• Eighty-one percent of social
networkers believe that it is
important for local businesses
to respond to questions and
complaints on social sites.
#Engage on Social Media
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Give Them SomethingSocial networkers demand a
variety of information from
businesses:
• Seventy-eight percent want
special offers, promotions
and information about
events.
• Seventy-four percent place
importance on regular posts
about products.
• Seventy-two percent value
regular posts about
companies.
• Sixty-six percent want
company photos.
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Did you know…
45 percent of consumers don’t
have specific businesses in mind
when conducting local searches?
• In fact, more local-business
searchers overall are beginning
with general terms in their
search queries, rather than
categorical or business-name
terms.
• They have products/services in
mind, but they aren’t sure
where to purchase.
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That’s a huge untapped market bursting with potential.
• If brands can optimize their local presence, the door is
open for them to enter the consumer psyche during
the research and search phases of the purchase
process.
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Key Takeaway
As the local-search industry continues to boom, consumers will
demand
• Improved search results with added relevance for their lives.
• Want information faster.
• Wants information that’s closer to home.
• Within 15 miles of the consumer home or place of work is
where sales happen.
• They want you to engage and advise them!
The time is now to start bridging the gap between your business
and local customers.
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Old SEO
• We bought links.
• We Wanted to rank #1 for keywords.
• We Wrote thousands of words with targeted keywords in the
anchor text.
• We posted keyword rich blogs on our sites.
• We spammed social bookmark pages without any
consideration of user engagement.
• A good commercial website was one with a shopping cart
• A good customer experience was one that gave you a sale
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What Do You Need Today?
• An optimized organic ranking.
• A user-friendly website.
• A local-listings-management tool.
• A social-networking presence.
• A mobile website and/or app.
• Clean Citations & Listings
www.localsitesubmit.com
• Engaging Content
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What You Need Onsite For Local
Include City/State in the Title Tags
City/State in H1 Headings
City/State in URL (Especially the Location Landing Page)
City/State in Alt Tags
City/State in Meta Descriptions
City/ State in Content (Duh!)
Embed a Google Map Pointing to your Google + Local Page
NAP is The Key
Use Schema Markup on Location Landing Page NAP
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Use Schema Markup! Onsite
Business Name
Business Address
City State 75013
972-363-3612
Hours Of Operation
Mon-Fri: 7:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday: 12:00pm to 5:00PM
Sunday: Closed
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No Tracking Numbers!
Always Use a Local
Phone Number!
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New SEO
The things that will work to increase rankings are;
• Good quality content that delivers value.
• Excellent online visitor experience in terms of ease of use, content and
navigation.
• Being talked about on the web, social media sites and blogs.
• Having your content reshared on the web.
• Businesses that have a strong social component that engages.
• Businesses that stay current and generate consistently fresh content.
• Businesses that offer trust and authority
Today, the quality of your data and how often your data is referenced
becomes a new and perhaps more accurate indicator of trust and authority.
CONTENT IS STILL KING!
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Add Some Local Content Ideas
• Make your Blog a Local Destination
• Stop Talking About Yourself and Blog About Your
Community
• Sponsor Local Events (Good for link building)
• Create Local Event Guides
• Create a Local Resource Directory
• Interview Local Figures & Link to that Content
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Post good content
and the followers
will come.
It's an edict of
nature.
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Give The Best That You Can
Take a few minutes every day to post
stimulating, engaging content that:
• provokes
• questions,
• humors,
• and causes engagement.
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If You Have Nothing Grand To Share
Then share someone
else's!
If You Have
Nothing Grand
To Share
Then share
someone
else's!
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Speak Out
• Make a bold comment on
a local social issue that is in the back
of everyone's mind.
• Take a stand.
• Give or Share inspiration
• Demand feedback and award original suggestions.
• Do not forget to make a clear call-to-action for your
followers as they would be too dazzled by your brilliance
to know or do otherwise.
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Web content is no
longer primarily about
written content.
Visual content
including images,
infographics, and
videos are also
becoming increasingly
popular.
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Today, your entire online marketing strategy
should revolve around the convergence of
content, search, and social with quality
content being the dominant piece of the
puzzle.
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Why Is Great Content Important?Google highly rates
content which is
original, high-quality,
free of spelling and
grammar errors, and
valuable.
The new search
engine algorithms are
getting better and
better at indexing
and ranking your
content the way a
human reader would.
Remember- Symantec
Search is here to stay!
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Why Is Great Content Important?
Quality content is much more sharable.
Social Media is now the number one reason why
people use the internet,
So creating content people enjoy enough to
share with their friends presents an enormous
potential.
Remember, Quality content is much more
sharable.
Social Media is now the number one reason
why people use the internet,
Creating content people enjoy enough to share
with their friends presents an enormous
potential.
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Why Is Great Content Important?Your readers will
come back if your
content interesting
or entertaining.
The search engines
reward content
which provides
value to people.
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How to Create Engaging ContentDiversify your content
Cover a wider range of mediums.
Images, infographics, streaming videos and
auditory content can all help to make
your content more interesting.
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Balance is Important
Create A Publishing Schedule
But don’t fall into
the trap of
posting too much
without doing
your research.
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Remember to consider how your audience
consumes content. Use each suggestion
accordingly.
This Is My List Of Engaging Content Ideas
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• Insightful Q&As with
interesting people
• Fun, engaging,
informative
• Many asset types,
including video, audio,
text, and images.
• Build relationships Help
broaden my reach and my
network.
The Interview
TIP: As they spread
news about the
interview, they create
backlinks, boosting
your blog’s authority
with search engines.
See how that works?
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Stories and Antidotes Special and unique
content comes when
sharing real life stories
and experience.
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Contests and Giveaways
• If you give away something that
interests your key audience, you will
receive attention in return.
• Use your entries as a way to offer
additional content-opt-in
opportunities
• Keep in mind that your giveaway
should be relevant to your end goals,
or else you will attract an irrelevant
audience.
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Not All Contests and Giveaways Win
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FAQ’s
• Mandatory for any business, product,
or service on the Internet.
• provides the answers that
your core audience most
commonly seeks
TIP: Not only for social
outreach but also for
search, because many
people will enter their
common questions about
your business into a search
box.
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Curated Link Lists
• Top News Posts
Today
• Complete
resource list
• Funniest
• Most Useful
• Top 10
TIP: You can create value for
people who are interested in a
core subject or theme & they will
share them…
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Tips Are Good Share Bait
Offer tips and
helpful advice
using various
asset types, such
as text, apps,
video, images,
and so on…
TIP: Use tips if your goal is to
show thought leadership or
demonstrate commanding
knowledge in a particular area
of expertise.
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Complete Lists
Distinguished as being more exhaustive and
comprehensively researched.
• Best Of
• Top Ranked
• Complete List Of…
Remember to use detailed information, images,
and commentary for each item
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Reviews
Consider providing regular reviews or
commentary on products, services, or
even business strategies
Use text, video, audio, or a variety
of combinations of asset types.
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How To Articles
Tip: “how-to”–related
searches represent a major
segment of search-query
volume.
• How-to articles are a staple of the Internet, and this content
type even has its own dedicated sites, like eHow and wikiHow.
• Create your how-to and step-by-step articles in text, images,
video, or other asset types.
• Social: People contribute to the conversation via wikis or
comments.
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Recommendations
Great way to illustrate your knowledge
of a particular topic by relaying helpful
choices to your audience.
• TIP: Recommendations put
a more positive spin on the
review process, without
being negative or creating
any ill will with your
audience.
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Quizzes, Polls and Surveys
• Quizzes for your
audience is a fun way
to earn their
attention
• Polls and surveys are
a great way to gauge
what your audience is
thinking and get a
pulse on your market-
research efforts.
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Live Video & Hangouts
Use Ustream, Google Hangouts, or other
live video services to broadcast content.
Create a live
discussion
format with
your audience.
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Case Studies
• Creating a real-world business case
attract a like-minded business or
consumer audience
• Good case studies can take on a life of
their own and often get shared around
the Web.
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Research and Statistical Data
Provide unique insights into a business or
consumer problem. This is one content idea
that could catapult your website and social
presence into the mainstream social
conversation.
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Scoops or Exclusive Announcements
Being first with a great story or “News
Jacking” a great story can be a tremendous
advantage.
TIP: Consider contacting
major players in your
business space and ask
whether they have any
new products or services
that you could cover for
your blog
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What is News Jacking You Say?
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EXAMPLES OF REAL TIME
REACTIONS & ENGAGEMENT FOR
THE ROYAL BABY
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Q&A’s From People Within Your Network
Answering questions and offering expert
advice should be a fundamental part of
your content strategy.
TIP: Post on third-party networks, or
create a blog post with three to five
common questions you’ve received
and answer them for your audience.
Also remember to add your answers
to your site FAQ.
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Images and Image Channels
• Showcase entire galleries or photo channels
on social Media or create your own galleries
on your blog or website.
• Shoot an industry or consumer event and
tell your subjects where to find you online.
TIP: Audiences are almost always
captivated by content about
themselves.
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Photos Are Worth a Million Likes
Photos are the primary
type of content posted
and shared on
Facebook. According to
March 2014 research
published on
eMarketer, photos
accounted for 75% of
content posted by
Facebook pages
worldwide.
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Bios and Get To Know You’s
Routinely spotlight different people on
your team or within your company.
Add a picture and
publish a Q&A.
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Live Blogging & Live Tweeting
• blogging live from the event
• Give a factual recap of what is being said in real-
time, or offer your own side commentary.
TIP: Create a #Hashtag. It is
very common for people to
monitor social streams by
hashtag or keyword during
these types of events.
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Things To Do
• Local attractions
• Favorite restaurants
• Other helpful localized tips
TIP: If your audience is from
out of town show a little bit
of hospitality and provide
useful content – they won’t
forget.
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Posts About Other Posts
• Blog about your blog
• Blog about a press release
• Blog about a citiation
TIP: This way, you can tell the
regular audience in one channel
about his column and also offer
different bits of information to
supplement the topic.
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Commentary and Editorials
• Establishing yourself as a conversation leader,
communicate your opinions on the main issues and
topics.
– Blog posts
– Social conversation
– Status updates
– White papers
– Videos…
Be prepared to follow up with comments…
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TIP: A good piece of
insight is one of the
best ways to establish
yourself and your
business as a thought
leader in both the
content space and
business space.
Thought Leadership
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Glossaries
• Informative content
• Rank well in search
• Glossary terms on a
single page
• Create unique pages
for expanded
definitions
• SHARE IT!
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TIP: Offering up an application, screen savers,
plug-ins, ebooks, and other productivity
enhancements is another great way to solve a
problem for your audience and create a
shareable event.
Create Downloadable Assets
• Screen savers
• Plug-ins
• Ebooks
• Create a circle
• Excel spread sheet (with a formula)
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Write Down Ideas
TIP: Create a spreadsheet that you can
update with interesting bits of
information as you go through the
day.
Refer to this spreadsheet when you
need a content idea for your next
blog.
• As you are going through your daily tasks,
• reading your industry blogs,
• conversing with others in your industry,
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And That’s Not ALL!
Prepare for My Fast & Furious
Engagement Tips…
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Start Engaging
• Ask a provocative question
• Post Something Funny
• Share an interesting blog or an article
• Comment on a recent news item
• Post an inspirational picture or quote or meme
• Request follower feedback
• Ask for reviews on your products or services
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Start Engaging
• Add new, useful content to your pages on a
regular basis. Content freshness adds relevancy
to your site in the eyes of the search engines.
• Add viral components to your web site or blog
like reviews, sharing functions, ratings,
visitor comments, etc.
• Invite relevant and authoritative bloggers to
guest post on your blog, to build social
shares and traffic.
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Start Engaging
• Always write a unique and catchy Meta
description tag, with a call to action if
applicable, for your post, as it will attract more
click-throughs.
• Blog about the problems your product or service
solves – not about the product or service.
• Broaden your range of services to include video,
podcasts, news, social content and so forth. SEO
is not about 10 blue links anymore.
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Start Engaging
• When optimizing your blog posts, optimize your
post title tag independently from your blog title.
• Cater to influential bloggers and authority sites
who might link to you, your images, videos,
podcasts, etc. or ask to reprint your content.
• Get the owner or CEO blogging. It’s
priceless! CEO influence on a blog is incredible as
this is the VOICE of the company.
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Start Engaging
• Understand social marketing. It IS part of SEO.
• The more you understand about sites like Digg,
Yelp, del.icio.us, Facebook, etc., the better you
will be able to compete in search and social.
• Videos that show up in Google blended search
results don’t just come from YouTube. Submit
your videos to other quality video sites like
Metacafe, AOL, MSN and Yahoo.
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Start Engaging
• Surround video content on your pages with keyword
rich text. The search engines look at surrounding
content to define the usefulness of the video for the
query.
• Use the words “image” or “picture” in your photo
ALT descriptions and captions. A lot of searches are
for a keyword plus one of those words.
• Enable “Enhanced image search” in your Google
Webmaster Central account. Images are a big part of
the new blended search results.
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Start Engaging
• Think of marketing as storytelling, and think of your
customers as the characters.
• Depressing tweets, vague tweets, tweets about your
weight loss and what you are eating are better kept
to yourself.
• Tweeting a little personality is fun. But for the most
part, stay professional and positive. And always,
always stay classy, of course.
• Stop talking about yourself if you want more
retweets.
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Start Engaging
• If you’re going to tell people to “like” your
company on Facebook, give them a reason why
they should “like” you.
• Use social media contests as an opportunity to
learn more about your customers.
• Leverage social search and boost your rankings
for target keywords by offering content (ebooks,
webinars, etc.) and having them pay with a
tweet.
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© ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 87
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Start Engaging
• Actively participate on Google+
and in the Google Authorship program.
• Link your Google+ profile to all blogs and sites
you write
• Whenever possible, link your guest authors’
Google+ profiles to your blog.
• Use an appealing Google+ headshot, as it may be
displayed in Google search results.
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This I s Not TV or Radio We Are Talking About
This is not advertising to a
mindless population
catching
glimpses of your brands
during breaks from their
favorite shows or
games while
rushing to the
restroom.
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This Is Engagement
Which means you have to engage to make it work
Respond to your followers to make sure the right
relationships are formed and maintained.
Courtesy is a virtue so remember to:
• Check your Facebook messages
• Post to FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Answer Twitter direct messages (DMs)
• Answer Twitter @ replies
• Engage in LinkedIn Discussions
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© ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 90
Remember:
• keep a tab on your analytics
• check out what the competition is up to
• Find out what works and what doesn't
• classify those that bring in the most results
• and don’t forget to optimize your content.
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Content and social engagement for small businesses

  • 1. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 1 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 1 Introducing Advice Interactive Content & Social Engagement For Local Business 1
  • 2. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 2 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 2 01 About Me
  • 3. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 3 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 3 Who I Am I Work Side By Side With My Husband I am Originally From Pittsburgh (Go Steelers) I Love to Listen to Audio Books Mad Men is My Favorite TV Show Bernadette Coleman, CEO Advice Interactive I Am Active on Face Book, Twitter & LinkedIn Inc 500 2012 & 2013 Yrs & Maybe 2014 Passionate About Local Search – www.localsitesubmit.com
  • 4. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 4 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 4 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 4 The Local Landscape Most small business owners are aware that the local SEO landscape is changing rapidly, although most aren't aware how much it is changing.
  • 5. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 5 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 5 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 5 The Challenge It doesn’t have to be challenging if you know how to employ some creative ways to market your small or local business online and hit your targets.
  • 6. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 6 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 6 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 6 The Local SearcherYour customers have the world at their fingertips, are fluent in search and know how to access information in a timely fashion (in fact, they demand it). Put simply, they expect relevant search results — now.
  • 7. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 7 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 7 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 7 To effectively reach your consumers, the key is to develop and optimize a complete search presence so that you can be found where consumers live, work and shop: within their local markets. Local markets bridge the gap, from search to sales. In fact, a majority of consumers prefer to shop within 15 miles of their homes or places of employment.
  • 8. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 8 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 8 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 8 A local strategy is something that marketers can no longer afford to overlook.
  • 9. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 9 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 9 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 9 Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 1: Online search is the preferred method for information about local businesses. • The majority of local- business searches are conducted online, with 70 percent of consumers citing online sites as their primary sources. # Make sure you have a findable website.
  • 10. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 10 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 10 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 10 Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 2: Search engines are most popular, but they’re not growing as fast as other media. • While search engines comprise more than 60 percent of the online-search market share, non-search engines’ (e.g., social networks, mobile media, online directories, etc.) are outperforming search engines’ growth. • #Be on Social Media.
  • 11. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 11 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 11 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 11 Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 3: Local searchers possess more potential in terms of post- search activities. • Following their online searches, local searchers are more likely than general searchers to contact businesses or to purchase from them. #Optimize For Local GeoKeywords
  • 12. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 12 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 12 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 12 Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 4: To develop a complete search presence, local businesses must consider every avenue. There are many paths to achieve a local-search presence. • Local sites (e.g., Citysearch, MapQuest, etc.) now claim two-thirds of local searches. • Thanks to Google Maps and Bing Maps’ continued expansion, local site searches continue to increase. #Build your local citations!
  • 13. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 13 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 13 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 13 Let’s Look At Some TrendsTrend 6: A diverse media mix must now include social and mobile marketing. • More age groups are adopting social and mobile media particularly due to smart- phones • Popularity of ratings, reviews and mobile browsers • Users are demonstrating a higher propensity to contact businesses and/or purchase from them after conducting online searches. #Be Mobile
  • 14. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 14 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 14 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 14 Mobile = Immediate NeedsMobile users are already outside their homes, looking for nearby businesses to fulfill their immediate needs. In other words, mobile users are serious about purchasing. #Be Mobile / Have a Mobile Website
  • 15. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 15 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 15 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 15 Ratings and ReviewsThe marketing shift has ushered in a growing importance on ratings, reviews and social networks, where peers are freely exchanging their opinions and are influencing purchase decisions. #Have a review plan in place
  • 16. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 16 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 16 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 16 Key Takeaways • Develop your search presence across various online platforms, from general search to social media. • Failure to do so could result in missing a major segment of your target consumers. • Consumers are searching with added frequency, if they can’t find you when (and where) it matters most could spell additional sales for your competition.
  • 17. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 17 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 17 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 17 I’ll Say it Again: ENGAGEMENTToday’s consumers are scattered across various sources, from traditional to interactive media. • The ability to choose the messaging they want to receive means consumers have more control of content than ever before. • All this has led to a fundamental shift in marketing: Consumers do not want to be advertised to; they want to be advised.
  • 18. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 18 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 18 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 18 Answer Your AudienceSocial media offers companies a unique opportunity to actively participate in the conversations surrounding their brands. Research shows that active participation is key: • Eighty-one percent of social networkers believe that it is important for local businesses to respond to questions and complaints on social sites. #Engage on Social Media
  • 19. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 19 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 19 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 19 Give Them SomethingSocial networkers demand a variety of information from businesses: • Seventy-eight percent want special offers, promotions and information about events. • Seventy-four percent place importance on regular posts about products. • Seventy-two percent value regular posts about companies. • Sixty-six percent want company photos.
  • 20. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 20 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 20 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 20 Did you know… 45 percent of consumers don’t have specific businesses in mind when conducting local searches? • In fact, more local-business searchers overall are beginning with general terms in their search queries, rather than categorical or business-name terms. • They have products/services in mind, but they aren’t sure where to purchase.
  • 21. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 21 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 21 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 21 That’s a huge untapped market bursting with potential. • If brands can optimize their local presence, the door is open for them to enter the consumer psyche during the research and search phases of the purchase process.
  • 22. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 22 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 22 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 22 Key Takeaway As the local-search industry continues to boom, consumers will demand • Improved search results with added relevance for their lives. • Want information faster. • Wants information that’s closer to home. • Within 15 miles of the consumer home or place of work is where sales happen. • They want you to engage and advise them! The time is now to start bridging the gap between your business and local customers.
  • 23. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 23 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 23 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 23 Old SEO • We bought links. • We Wanted to rank #1 for keywords. • We Wrote thousands of words with targeted keywords in the anchor text. • We posted keyword rich blogs on our sites. • We spammed social bookmark pages without any consideration of user engagement. • A good commercial website was one with a shopping cart • A good customer experience was one that gave you a sale
  • 24. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 24 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 24 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 24 What Do You Need Today? • An optimized organic ranking. • A user-friendly website. • A local-listings-management tool. • A social-networking presence. • A mobile website and/or app. • Clean Citations & Listings www.localsitesubmit.com • Engaging Content
  • 25. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 25 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 25 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 25 What You Need Onsite For Local Include City/State in the Title Tags City/State in H1 Headings City/State in URL (Especially the Location Landing Page) City/State in Alt Tags City/State in Meta Descriptions City/ State in Content (Duh!) Embed a Google Map Pointing to your Google + Local Page NAP is The Key Use Schema Markup on Location Landing Page NAP
  • 26. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 26 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 26 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 26 Use Schema Markup! Onsite Business Name Business Address City State 75013 972-363-3612 Hours Of Operation Mon-Fri: 7:00am to 6:00pm Saturday: 12:00pm to 5:00PM Sunday: Closed
  • 27. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 27 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 27 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 27 No Tracking Numbers! Always Use a Local Phone Number!
  • 28. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 28 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 28 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 28 New SEO The things that will work to increase rankings are; • Good quality content that delivers value. • Excellent online visitor experience in terms of ease of use, content and navigation. • Being talked about on the web, social media sites and blogs. • Having your content reshared on the web. • Businesses that have a strong social component that engages. • Businesses that stay current and generate consistently fresh content. • Businesses that offer trust and authority Today, the quality of your data and how often your data is referenced becomes a new and perhaps more accurate indicator of trust and authority. CONTENT IS STILL KING!
  • 29. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 29 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 29 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 29 Add Some Local Content Ideas • Make your Blog a Local Destination • Stop Talking About Yourself and Blog About Your Community • Sponsor Local Events (Good for link building) • Create Local Event Guides • Create a Local Resource Directory • Interview Local Figures & Link to that Content
  • 30. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 30 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 30 Post good content and the followers will come. It's an edict of nature.
  • 31. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 31 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 31 Give The Best That You Can Take a few minutes every day to post stimulating, engaging content that: • provokes • questions, • humors, • and causes engagement.
  • 32. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 32 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 32 If You Have Nothing Grand To Share Then share someone else's! If You Have Nothing Grand To Share Then share someone else's!
  • 33. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 33 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 33 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 33 Speak Out • Make a bold comment on a local social issue that is in the back of everyone's mind. • Take a stand. • Give or Share inspiration • Demand feedback and award original suggestions. • Do not forget to make a clear call-to-action for your followers as they would be too dazzled by your brilliance to know or do otherwise.
  • 34. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 34 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 34 Web content is no longer primarily about written content. Visual content including images, infographics, and videos are also becoming increasingly popular.
  • 35. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 35 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 35 Today, your entire online marketing strategy should revolve around the convergence of content, search, and social with quality content being the dominant piece of the puzzle.
  • 36. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 36 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 36 Why Is Great Content Important?Google highly rates content which is original, high-quality, free of spelling and grammar errors, and valuable. The new search engine algorithms are getting better and better at indexing and ranking your content the way a human reader would. Remember- Symantec Search is here to stay!
  • 37. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 37 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 37 Why Is Great Content Important? Quality content is much more sharable. Social Media is now the number one reason why people use the internet, So creating content people enjoy enough to share with their friends presents an enormous potential. Remember, Quality content is much more sharable. Social Media is now the number one reason why people use the internet, Creating content people enjoy enough to share with their friends presents an enormous potential.
  • 38. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 38 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 38 Why Is Great Content Important?Your readers will come back if your content interesting or entertaining. The search engines reward content which provides value to people.
  • 39. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 39 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 39 How to Create Engaging ContentDiversify your content Cover a wider range of mediums. Images, infographics, streaming videos and auditory content can all help to make your content more interesting.
  • 40. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 40 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 40 Balance is Important Create A Publishing Schedule But don’t fall into the trap of posting too much without doing your research.
  • 41. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 41 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 41 Remember to consider how your audience consumes content. Use each suggestion accordingly. This Is My List Of Engaging Content Ideas
  • 42. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 42 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 42 • Insightful Q&As with interesting people • Fun, engaging, informative • Many asset types, including video, audio, text, and images. • Build relationships Help broaden my reach and my network. The Interview TIP: As they spread news about the interview, they create backlinks, boosting your blog’s authority with search engines. See how that works?
  • 43. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 43 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 43 Stories and Antidotes Special and unique content comes when sharing real life stories and experience.
  • 44. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 44 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 44 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 44 Contests and Giveaways • If you give away something that interests your key audience, you will receive attention in return. • Use your entries as a way to offer additional content-opt-in opportunities • Keep in mind that your giveaway should be relevant to your end goals, or else you will attract an irrelevant audience.
  • 45. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 45 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 45 Not All Contests and Giveaways Win
  • 46. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 46 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 46 FAQ’s • Mandatory for any business, product, or service on the Internet. • provides the answers that your core audience most commonly seeks TIP: Not only for social outreach but also for search, because many people will enter their common questions about your business into a search box.
  • 47. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 47 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 47 Curated Link Lists • Top News Posts Today • Complete resource list • Funniest • Most Useful • Top 10 TIP: You can create value for people who are interested in a core subject or theme & they will share them…
  • 48. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 48 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 48 Tips Are Good Share Bait Offer tips and helpful advice using various asset types, such as text, apps, video, images, and so on… TIP: Use tips if your goal is to show thought leadership or demonstrate commanding knowledge in a particular area of expertise.
  • 49. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 49 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 49 Complete Lists Distinguished as being more exhaustive and comprehensively researched. • Best Of • Top Ranked • Complete List Of… Remember to use detailed information, images, and commentary for each item
  • 50. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 50 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 50 Reviews Consider providing regular reviews or commentary on products, services, or even business strategies Use text, video, audio, or a variety of combinations of asset types.
  • 51. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 51 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 51 How To Articles Tip: “how-to”–related searches represent a major segment of search-query volume. • How-to articles are a staple of the Internet, and this content type even has its own dedicated sites, like eHow and wikiHow. • Create your how-to and step-by-step articles in text, images, video, or other asset types. • Social: People contribute to the conversation via wikis or comments.
  • 52. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 52 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 52 Recommendations Great way to illustrate your knowledge of a particular topic by relaying helpful choices to your audience. • TIP: Recommendations put a more positive spin on the review process, without being negative or creating any ill will with your audience.
  • 53. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 53 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 53 Quizzes, Polls and Surveys • Quizzes for your audience is a fun way to earn their attention • Polls and surveys are a great way to gauge what your audience is thinking and get a pulse on your market- research efforts.
  • 54. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 54 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 54
  • 55. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 55 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 55 Live Video & Hangouts Use Ustream, Google Hangouts, or other live video services to broadcast content. Create a live discussion format with your audience.
  • 56. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 56 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 56 Case Studies • Creating a real-world business case attract a like-minded business or consumer audience • Good case studies can take on a life of their own and often get shared around the Web.
  • 57. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 57 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 57 Research and Statistical Data Provide unique insights into a business or consumer problem. This is one content idea that could catapult your website and social presence into the mainstream social conversation.
  • 58. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 58 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 58 Scoops or Exclusive Announcements Being first with a great story or “News Jacking” a great story can be a tremendous advantage. TIP: Consider contacting major players in your business space and ask whether they have any new products or services that you could cover for your blog
  • 59. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 59 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 59 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 59 What is News Jacking You Say?
  • 60. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 60 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 60 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 60
  • 61. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 61 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 61 EXAMPLES OF REAL TIME REACTIONS & ENGAGEMENT FOR THE ROYAL BABY
  • 62. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 62 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 62 62
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  • 66. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 66 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 66 Q&A’s From People Within Your Network Answering questions and offering expert advice should be a fundamental part of your content strategy. TIP: Post on third-party networks, or create a blog post with three to five common questions you’ve received and answer them for your audience. Also remember to add your answers to your site FAQ.
  • 67. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 67 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 67 Images and Image Channels • Showcase entire galleries or photo channels on social Media or create your own galleries on your blog or website. • Shoot an industry or consumer event and tell your subjects where to find you online. TIP: Audiences are almost always captivated by content about themselves.
  • 68. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 68 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 68 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 68 Photos Are Worth a Million Likes Photos are the primary type of content posted and shared on Facebook. According to March 2014 research published on eMarketer, photos accounted for 75% of content posted by Facebook pages worldwide.
  • 69. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 69 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 69 Bios and Get To Know You’s Routinely spotlight different people on your team or within your company. Add a picture and publish a Q&A.
  • 70. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 70 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 70 Live Blogging & Live Tweeting • blogging live from the event • Give a factual recap of what is being said in real- time, or offer your own side commentary. TIP: Create a #Hashtag. It is very common for people to monitor social streams by hashtag or keyword during these types of events.
  • 71. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 71 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 71 Things To Do • Local attractions • Favorite restaurants • Other helpful localized tips TIP: If your audience is from out of town show a little bit of hospitality and provide useful content – they won’t forget.
  • 72. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 72 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 72 Posts About Other Posts • Blog about your blog • Blog about a press release • Blog about a citiation TIP: This way, you can tell the regular audience in one channel about his column and also offer different bits of information to supplement the topic.
  • 73. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 73 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 73 Commentary and Editorials • Establishing yourself as a conversation leader, communicate your opinions on the main issues and topics. – Blog posts – Social conversation – Status updates – White papers – Videos… Be prepared to follow up with comments…
  • 74. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 74 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 74 TIP: A good piece of insight is one of the best ways to establish yourself and your business as a thought leader in both the content space and business space. Thought Leadership
  • 75. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 75 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 75 Glossaries • Informative content • Rank well in search • Glossary terms on a single page • Create unique pages for expanded definitions • SHARE IT!
  • 76. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 76 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 76 TIP: Offering up an application, screen savers, plug-ins, ebooks, and other productivity enhancements is another great way to solve a problem for your audience and create a shareable event. Create Downloadable Assets • Screen savers • Plug-ins • Ebooks • Create a circle • Excel spread sheet (with a formula)
  • 77. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 77 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 77 Write Down Ideas TIP: Create a spreadsheet that you can update with interesting bits of information as you go through the day. Refer to this spreadsheet when you need a content idea for your next blog. • As you are going through your daily tasks, • reading your industry blogs, • conversing with others in your industry,
  • 78. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 78 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 78 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 78 And That’s Not ALL! Prepare for My Fast & Furious Engagement Tips…
  • 79. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 79 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 79 Start Engaging • Ask a provocative question • Post Something Funny • Share an interesting blog or an article • Comment on a recent news item • Post an inspirational picture or quote or meme • Request follower feedback • Ask for reviews on your products or services
  • 80. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 80 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 80 Start Engaging • Add new, useful content to your pages on a regular basis. Content freshness adds relevancy to your site in the eyes of the search engines. • Add viral components to your web site or blog like reviews, sharing functions, ratings, visitor comments, etc. • Invite relevant and authoritative bloggers to guest post on your blog, to build social shares and traffic.
  • 81. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 81 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 81 Start Engaging • Always write a unique and catchy Meta description tag, with a call to action if applicable, for your post, as it will attract more click-throughs. • Blog about the problems your product or service solves – not about the product or service. • Broaden your range of services to include video, podcasts, news, social content and so forth. SEO is not about 10 blue links anymore.
  • 82. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 82 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 82 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 82 Start Engaging • When optimizing your blog posts, optimize your post title tag independently from your blog title. • Cater to influential bloggers and authority sites who might link to you, your images, videos, podcasts, etc. or ask to reprint your content. • Get the owner or CEO blogging. It’s priceless! CEO influence on a blog is incredible as this is the VOICE of the company.
  • 83. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 83 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 83 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 83 Start Engaging • Understand social marketing. It IS part of SEO. • The more you understand about sites like Digg, Yelp, del.icio.us, Facebook, etc., the better you will be able to compete in search and social. • Videos that show up in Google blended search results don’t just come from YouTube. Submit your videos to other quality video sites like Metacafe, AOL, MSN and Yahoo.
  • 84. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 84 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 84 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 84 Start Engaging • Surround video content on your pages with keyword rich text. The search engines look at surrounding content to define the usefulness of the video for the query. • Use the words “image” or “picture” in your photo ALT descriptions and captions. A lot of searches are for a keyword plus one of those words. • Enable “Enhanced image search” in your Google Webmaster Central account. Images are a big part of the new blended search results.
  • 85. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 85 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 85 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 85 Start Engaging • Think of marketing as storytelling, and think of your customers as the characters. • Depressing tweets, vague tweets, tweets about your weight loss and what you are eating are better kept to yourself. • Tweeting a little personality is fun. But for the most part, stay professional and positive. And always, always stay classy, of course. • Stop talking about yourself if you want more retweets.
  • 86. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 86 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 86 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 86 Start Engaging • If you’re going to tell people to “like” your company on Facebook, give them a reason why they should “like” you. • Use social media contests as an opportunity to learn more about your customers. • Leverage social search and boost your rankings for target keywords by offering content (ebooks, webinars, etc.) and having them pay with a tweet.
  • 87. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 87 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 87 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 87 Start Engaging • Actively participate on Google+ and in the Google Authorship program. • Link your Google+ profile to all blogs and sites you write • Whenever possible, link your guest authors’ Google+ profiles to your blog. • Use an appealing Google+ headshot, as it may be displayed in Google search results.
  • 88. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 88 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 88 This I s Not TV or Radio We Are Talking About This is not advertising to a mindless population catching glimpses of your brands during breaks from their favorite shows or games while rushing to the restroom.
  • 89. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 89 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 89 This Is Engagement Which means you have to engage to make it work Respond to your followers to make sure the right relationships are formed and maintained. Courtesy is a virtue so remember to: • Check your Facebook messages • Post to FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn • Answer Twitter direct messages (DMs) • Answer Twitter @ replies • Engage in LinkedIn Discussions
  • 90. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 90 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 90 Remember: • keep a tab on your analytics • check out what the competition is up to • Find out what works and what doesn't • classify those that bring in the most results • and don’t forget to optimize your content.
  • 91. © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 91 © ADVICE INTERACTIVE GROUP, LLC | 2013 | All Rights Reserved 91 Q&A 91

Notas do Editor

  1. Web content is no longer primarily about written content. Although textual content is still extremely important, visual content including images, infographics, and videos are also becoming increasingly popular.
  2. Your entire online marketing strategy should revolve around the convergence of content, search, and social with quality content being the dominant piece of the puzzle. 
  3. Google highly rates content which is original, high-quality, free of spelling and grammar errors, and valuable. The new search engine algorithms are getting better and better at indexing and ranking your content the way a human reader would. (Symantec Search is here to stay)
  4. Quality content is much more sharable. Social Media is now the number one reason why people use the internet, So creating content people enjoy enough to share with their friends presents an enormous potential.
  5. Your readers are far more likely to come back to visit your site and even subscribe to regular updates via email newsletters or RSS feeds if they find your content interesting or entertaining. The search engines reward content which provides value to people.
  6. My #1 Tip Diversify your content Cover a wider range of mediums. Images, infographics, streaming videos and auditory content can all help to make your content more interesting.
  7. Try to be fairly consistent with your publishing schedule so that you always have something to offer your readers when they come back to your page. But balance is important too – don’t fall into the trap of posting too much without doing your research. 
  8. Interviews providing insightful Q&As with interesting people or thought leaders in your business area is a great way to attract a like-minded audience. Interviews can be fun, engaging, informative and can include many asset types, including video, audio, text, and images. My approach to getting interviews is to invite people to be featured on my blog. This acknowledges their expertise and shows that I respect their input. That helps me build relationships with other important individuals in my field. Interviews also help me broaden my reach and my network. I am banking on my subject telling their associates, friends, and connections about their interview, thus generating visibility for myself and my blog. As they share news about the interview, they create backlinks to my site, boosting my blog’s authority with search engines. See how that works?
  9. Special and unique content comes when I share my real life stories and experience. When I tell a story that relates to my experiences or example within the context of a current topic or business problem, I feel I am developing a deeper relationship with my audience. Consider relating a business experience in a blog post and share on a major social network or discuss in a live presentation or webinar. One of my favorite and most successful blogs was called “Why Do We Do Everything Google Says”. In my blog I talk about a dinner conversation we were having at my home with my husband regarding Google’s best practices and how we could use these to make changes then all of a sudden my daughter asked, “Why do you have to do everything Google says”? With that one question from someone outside our industry I was able to raise questions in my blog that created quite a bit of online conversation and social sharing. (Not to mention my daughter was excited that I included her in my blog!)
  10. FAQs: If there is any one particular content idea or type that should be considered mandatory for any business, product, or service on the Internet, it is the “frequently asked questions” section of your site, otherwise known as the FAQ. FAQs represent exactly what the name suggests—the most commonly asked questions about your business or service. Creating a thorough FAQ on your website provides the answers that your core audience most commonly seeks. It also offers your audience and social-media managers a basis for answering and referring to questions outside of a website and into social networks. Content for FAQs should come from your customer-service department (if you have one), from frequently asked questions on answer sites and forums, and from common-sense questions about your products or services. The development of your FAQ is an iterative process, and the more often you interact with your audience, the more awareness you will have around their common questions. Remember that FAQs are not only for social outreach but also for search, because many people will enter their common questions about your business into a search box.
  11. Curated Link Lists: Link lists are as old as the commercial Internet itself, and they represent the ascension of many great web properties like Yahoo! and Google. Creating valuable link lists can attract many readers to your owned assets through social sharing and search. Consider a regular content program for subjects in your themed area, such as “top blogs,” “top news posts today,” a “complete resource list,” “funniest,” or “most useful.” You can also categorize a particular area of the web that you may find to be lacking structure and create value for people who are interested in the core subject or theme.
  12. Tips: If your goal is to show thought leadership or demonstrate commanding knowledge in a particular area of expertise, offer tips and helpful advice using various asset types, such as text, apps, video, images, and so on. Helpful tip lists are good share bait, and they provide traffic and social conversation consideration for your business and brand.
  13. “Complete” Lists A “complete” list is similar to a link list but is distinguished as being more exhaustive and comprehensively researched. “Complete” lists might contain as many as 50 unique items or more, with detailed information, images, and commentary for each item, while reinforcing each one within the context of the article title. Complete lists might fall along the lines of “best of” lists, “top ranked” lists, or some other context of viewing an entire scope of a particular topic or theme. These types of lists typically help attract social sharing but will also link back to the unique article. 
  14. Reviews: Consider providing regular reviews or commentary on products, services, or even business strategies within your relative area of concentration. Use text, video, audio, or a variety of combinations of asset types. You might even want to use reviews as an entire community strategy by enabling customized community tools and applications for your audience to weigh in on particular areas of interest. 
  15. How-to Articles: How-to articles are a staple of the Internet, and this content type even has its own dedicated sites, like eHow and wikiHow. How-to articles can be social, in the sense that people may contribute to the conversation via wikis or comments, and “how-to”–related searches represent a major segment of search-query volume. Whether you create your how-to and step-by-step articles in text, images, video, or other asset types, consider how this content idea applies to a wide range of businesses, including shopping, finance, travel, home, and living.
  16. Recommendations: Providing recommendations on particular products, services, or resources is a great way to illustrate your knowledge of a particular topic by relaying helpful choices to your audience. It also puts a more positive spin on the review process, without being negative or creating any ill will with your audience. 
  17. Quizzes: Putting together a quiz for your audience is a fun way to earn their attention and help test the knowledge of your audience on a particular topic of interest. Quizzes help your audience to grow in their knowledge and reveal potential content ideas for your own strategy. Polls and Surveys: Polls and surveys are a great way to gauge what your audience is thinking and get a pulse on your market-research efforts. There are many free and paid survey applications that you can use with your blog or on a social network. 
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  19. Live Video: Use Ustream, Google Hangouts, or other live video services to broadcast content and create a live discussion format with your audience.
  20. Case Studies: Creating a real-world business case is another excellent way to attract a like-minded business or consumer audience in both earned and social spaces. Good case studies can take on a life of their own and often get shared around the Web.
  21. Research and Statistical Data: If you have any data or statistics that provide unique insights into a business or consumer problem, then research is one content idea that could catapult your website and social presence into the mainstream social conversation. Think about the unique data that you may be collecting in some form, or think of a potential research study you would like to conduct. You can show your results as simple charts or graphs or in more complex ways, such as a searchable database or application that produces customized charts and reports. 
  22. Scoops or Exclusive Announcements: Consider contacting the press-relations departments of the major players in your business space (you might want to consider noncompetitive companies for this type of content), and ask whether they have any new products or services that you could cover for your blog or other publishing site. If you have a relationship with the provider, they might even offer you information under embargo, which means they give you information prior to a public announcement, as long as you wait to publish the information. This delay in publishing usually provides plenty of time to create quality content and also get the scoop on other bloggers or news content providers in your space. Being first with a great story can be a tremendous advantage as content breaks out in real-time. 
  23. Q&As from People within Your Network: Answering questions and offering expert advice should be a fundamental part of your content strategy. Answer questions that you may find on third-party networks, or create a blog post with three to five common questions you receive and answer them for your audience. Also remember to add your answers to your site FAQ. 
  24. Images and Image Channels: Photos and images are great digital assets to post on a regular basis. Photos are common regular content features on a wide range of blogs and suitable for many types of businesses. You can showcase entire galleries or photo channels on Flickr or SmugMug or create your own galleries on your blog or website. If you want to engage your audience directly, shoot an industry or consumer event and tell your subjects where to find you online. You will likely find that audiences are almost always captivated by content about themselves.
  25. Bios and “Get to Know You” Features: Whether you have a small or large organization, consider a content feature that routinely spotlights different people on your team or within your company. Add a picture and publish a Q&A. 
  26. Live Blogging and Live Tweeting: If you are attending a business conference or other consumer conference or event, consider blogging live from the event. Give a factual recap of what is being said in real-time, or offer your own side commentary. It is very common for people to monitor social streams by hashtag or keyword during these types of events. Injecting your content into the conversation is a great way to gain real-time attention in a meaningful way while the event is happening. 
  27. “Things to Do”: If you are in an area that you know well, offer recommendations for local attractions, restaurants, and other helpful localized tips. If a sizable amount of your audience is from out of town and attending an event in your area, show a little bit of hospitality and provide useful content – they won’t forget.
  28. Posts About Other Posts: When I write a column for SEJ, I will often include an additional post on our company blog or personal blog. This way, I can tell the regular audience in one channel about his column and also offer different bits of information to supplement the topic. Sometimes I will also write a quick blog post about a press mention or citation with additional background and commentary. 
  29. Commentary and Editorial: In establishing yourself as a conversation leader, it is important to communicate your opinions on the main issues and topics that are critical to your industry or to the needs of your audience. This commentary can come in the form of a blog post, social conversation, status updates, longer white papers, and many other formats. If you have an opinion and you know you are right, don’t be shy; share it with your network. Be ready to elaborate on your position and to follow-up with comments from your audience or network.
  30. Thought Leadership: A good piece of insight is one of the best ways to establish yourself and your business as a thought leader in both the content space and your business space. Thought leadership may take on the form of a book, live speaking, webinars, PowerPoint slides, white papers, or a blog. It doesn’t happen overnight, and you will need to be diligent, consistent, and focused in your efforts.
  31. Glossaries: Providing a glossary, or dictionary of terms related to your area of business, is a great way to provide informative content that can be referenced in social spaces when needed, and to appear in search-engine results. Consider putting all of your glossary terms on a single page, or create unique pages for each term for expanded definitions.
  32.  Offering up an application, screen savers, plug-ins, ebooks, and other productivity enhancements is another great way to solve a problem for your audience and create a shareable event. Useful assets can travel quickly via shared networks and gain a lot of exposure for your business.
  33. Write Down Ideas – As you are going through your daily tasks, reading your industry blogs, conversing with others in your industry, ideas for future content may be right in front of you. Create a spreadsheet that you can update with interesting bits of information as you go through the day. Refer to this spreadsheet when you need a content idea for your next blog.
  34. Ask a provocative question Post Something Funny Share an interesting blog or an article Comment on a recent news item Post an inspirational picture or quote or meme Request follower feedback Ask for reviews on the products or services